Grandma Quote by Mary Norris

Grammar is important. For instance, commas save lives: Let's eat grandpa. Lets eat, grandpa.

— Anonymous

I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.

— Oscar Wilde

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

— Lynne Truss

The rule is: dont use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

— Lynne Truss

I hate commas in the wrong places.

— Walt Whitman

It's always nice to end your sentences with an exclamation mark, and not a comma.

— Joey Santiago

Several years ago my dear wife went to the hospital. She left a note behind for the children: "Dear children, do not let Daddy…

— Thomas S. Monson

I have been fighting over commas all my life.

— Mark Helprin

I spent the morning putting in a comma and the afternoon removing it.

— Gustave Flaubert

I like to use as few commas as possible so that sentences will go down in one swallow without touching the sides.

— Pamela Frankau

Thurber was asked by a correspondent: "Why did you have a comma in the sentence, 'After dinner, the men went into the living-room'?" And…

— Lynne Truss

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop.

— Anonymous